Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore very unlikely that the court would insist on an expert giving reasons where it had not been agreed beforehand that he would . |
| 2 | The idea of settling Jews in Palestine , the British Foreign Office cabled two of its ambassadors in 1916 , ‘ might be made far more attractive to the majority of Jews if it held out to them the prospect that when in course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grew strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine … into their own hands … |
| 3 | The idea of the bond is both to demonstrate the financial security of the firm and to provide funds to rescue its clients if it goes out of business . |
| 4 | ‘ Darlington could miss out on foreign trade opportunities if it does n't begin an enlightened dialogue with these people . ’ |
| 5 | The United States would be in violation of its commitments to the parties if it did not do so , but would be in violation of general international law with respect to third parties . |
| 6 | The lexical look-up technique is preferable to statistical methods since it does not have a built-in error rate and guarantees lexical output . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , latex is not suitable for borders since it dries too quickly and is not durable for exposed and vulnerable areas . |
| 8 | Formed in 1918 in Waco , Texas , the squadron had several American homes before it came over to England as part of NATO — moving to Upper Heyford in 1970 . |
| 9 | After hearing the tapes , and being satisfied that they contained no breach of confidence , the Government discontinued the action and the BBC was finally able to broadcast " My Country Right or Wrong " , six months after it had originally been scheduled , and after being forced in this fashion to submit it for State " vetting " . |
| 10 | Dillons passed the cheque onto Childline after its parent Pentos received it from Legal & General Property as a token of thanks after it moved quickly to open branches of Claude Gill Bargain Bookshop and Athena in the Buttermarket Shopping Centre , Ipswich , in time for the centre 's first day of trading on 1st October . |
| 11 | Instantly sparks crackled in Twoflower 's hair and there was a sudden gust of hot dry wind that did n't disturb the dust in the way that ordinary wind should but , instead , whipped it up momentarily into unpleasantly half-living shapes before it settled again . |
| 12 | if it gets too big a hole you see , it could be months before it heals up ! |
| 13 | To cut a long story short , the church was granted special provision to use the building twelve months before it became generally available ; I was elected to the executive and later became a trustee of the community centre . |
| 14 | It sounds a desperate measure ; but if it 's happening in California , it can only be a matter of months before it takes off here . |
| 15 | Can do , it can take several months before it comes out . |
| 16 | The National Graphical Association incurred four contempt fines totalling £675,000 and eventual sequestration of its funds before it called off its illegal picketing ( under the 1980 Act ) against Mr Eddie Shah 's publishing company in 1983 . |
| 17 | The new fifth television channel , wherever it is situated , will open up further opportunities for programme-makers when it starts up at the end of 1993 . |
| 18 | as if this were not bad enough , the great mudflow rolled on into the sea at the mouth of the Riviere Blanche , setting up a series of waves as it did so , one of which was powerful enough to capsize the yacht Precheur moored off the river mouth . |
| 19 | Slowly she eased it open , offering up a silent thanks as it slid noiselessly over the carpet , then made her way one careful step at a time downstairs . |
| 20 | The barking was getting closer by the second and we could hear the hunters whistling and shouting orders to the dogs , and the sound of the boar scrunching dried leaves and snapping dead branches as it hurtled down through the trees . |
| 21 | Warning lights flashed on the suit 's shoulders as it lumbered slowly to the airlock outer door . |
| 22 | Julian Russell was working on the Greek cruiser Oceanos when it went down in the Indian Ocean . |
| 23 | On Jan. 16 the Central Commission on the Population and House Census announced the continuation of the census in areas where it had not been completed by Jan. 14 . |
| 24 | Hydroelectric schemes and dams , sometimes ill-conceived and subsequently damaging to the environment ; roads and cultivation ; forest clearance , often to make a quick profit : all these and many more ‘ improvements ’ drove the elephant into areas where it had never lived before . |
| 25 | Further confirmation of the bare infinitive 's ability to express a coincident potentiality is provided by uses in exclamations where it does not occur in relation with a modal : ( 7 ) What ! |
| 26 | They also sang about their own lives and in their own accents so it became really unique . |
| 27 | What one hopes for is for the student to remain open to the possibility of aesthetic experience , to accept and enjoy it when it occurs , but not to fake responses if it does not . |
| 28 | In Asia , the miracle rice was wiped out in many areas because it had not been treated with the necessary chemicals . |
| 29 | Frost also influences netting with both purse and long-nets since it becomes very much more difficult to peg the nets to the ground . |
| 30 | According to the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee , the Bank of England failed to discharge its supervisory duties before it shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in July , 1991 . |